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Ember Yard
• Spanish• Fitzrovia
About the restaurant
The Salt Yard Group was set up by co-founders Sanja Moll and Simon Mullins, inspired by a shared love of the food and culture of Spain and Italy. Ember Yard follows the more charcuterie-focused Salt Yard restaurant, while the group also operates Dehesa and Opera Tavern.
Heading up the operations here is Cristian Parisi, who prepares sharing plates with big flavours served unfussily. Much of the cooking is done on the wood-fired Josper grill, with classic charcuterie and tapas complementing the bigger chops and fish dishes.
Though it’s not huge, the restaurant is built around two floors, with the bigger dining room on the top floor and the Ember Bar – which serves a great range of creative cocktails – located in the smaller, more intimate space downstairs.
Reviews from the Web
Critic reviews
The Guardian
The menu is corset-burstingly swoonworthy. It's not just the trademark Iberian tapas with a quick Italian fumble; this time, the smoky thumbrints of the Basque country's asadors are all over it.
Standard
At this Soho restaurant, they’re here for a good time, and you’ll probably want to be there for a long time with them.
The Telegraph
It was great, in an indulgent, shamelessly gratifying manner. We all know that if you get terrific ingredients and char them a bit, and then hurl elements of sweet and salt at them with a bit of garlic chucked in for fun, the result will be crowd-pleasing, if far from immortal.
The Independent
There are large plates to share, bar snacks, charcuterie, cheese and tapas split into five fish, five meat and seven vegetables dishes. We basically order the lot.
Time Out
The bar snacks are among the best in Soho. Smoked chorizo oozed flavour, and was served hot with a smooth saffron alioli. Chips are cooked in pork fat, and arrived perfectly crisp. Cheese and charcuterie platters are divided into Spanish or Italian.
The Nudge
Like the other Salt Yard outfits, they serve Mediterranean-style tapas – but the ember-laden twist here is that they’ve installed a huge, custom-made, wood-burning grill upon which to scorch & smoke it all.
- 60 Berwick St
- W1F 8SX
- London
- +44 20 7439 8057
- Visit website
